Alchornea laxiflora

Alchornea laxiflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Alchorneae
Subtribus: Alchorneinae
Genus: Alchornea
Species: Alchornea laxiflora

Name

Alchornea laxiflora (Benth.) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 245 (1914).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lepidoturus laxiflorus Benth., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: 76, t. 1297 (1879).
• Heterotypic
  • Alchornea engleri Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 80 (1909).
  • Alchornea schlechteri Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 221 (1909).
  • Macaranga thonneri De Wild., Études Fl. Bangala & Ubangi: 227 (1911).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Congo; Ethiopia; Gabon; Guinea; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Nigeria; Northern Provinces; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pax, F.A. & Hoffmann, K. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), 1914. Das Pflanzenreich, IV, 147, VII: 245.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alchornea laxiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Alchornea laxiflora. Published online. Accessed: Jun 07 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alchornea laxiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Alchornea laxiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Jun 2020.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Vendakralesnoer
English: Venda bead-string, Lowveld bead-string
chiShona: Murarahomba, Muruka

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